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Sunday, October 30, 2011

I bought a 23 quart presto pressure canner on sale earlier
this summer. I had high hopes of
canning vegetables from my garden, however due to a pretty mediocre harvest,
there wasn’t enough to bother. I
have to admit, I went into the idea with a little reservation. Growing up my mom canned, but only high
acid foods, she was always afraid of possible poisoning. So hearing this my whole life, I have
always steered clear, until now.
After a lot of reading about it, really it’s easy, and as long as the
directions are followed, I have nothing to fear.

So the past couple weekends I have put my pressure canner to
work canning chicken stock and it was really easy, and I've pretty much gotten over my fear of it. Well maybe not entirely, I haven't eaten any of it yet...

I strained my broth through a wire colander, which left
quite a bit of sludgy stuff at the bottom of the jar. The second batch I strained through cheesecloth in the wire colander
and it was a lighter broth without the sludge. Both taste good, one just looks a bit nicer.

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I’m a wife, mother, working professional and wannabe homesteader on a few acres in Alaska. Homemade Alaska is about my journey back to basic living, where I share my recipes, gardening, raising chickens and rabbits, crafts and just about anything else I make at home.